Perched on the ocean
These islands, the Tuamotus, lie so low and shine so bright. Each one makes a hoop on the ocean — circular from above, but long and linear from water level.
So beautiful and so harsh. A perch from which to return to the ocean.
Sarah Kester Digital EditorSarah is a digital editor and a freelance journalist based in Toronto. She graduated from the University of King’s College in Halifax – twice – where she took philosophy and creative writing before studying journalism. You can find her work in The Globe and Mail, Metro and Quill & Quire. Sarah is…
Jennifer Kingsley is a journalist and storyteller who specializes in the modern culture of communities around the world. She is the Field Correspondent for Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic and a National Geographic Explorer. In 2015, Jennifer founded Meet the North, a project that shares personal stories from some of the Arctic’s four million citizens. She has…
Since we first visited French Polynesia and the Marquesas Islands in 2018, we’ve been working on a series of films to share some of the personal stories that people shared with us. The series is taking shape, so here’s a summary of the episodes we are working on … Overview: This series delves into Marquesan…
Teiki Huukena has dedicated himself to the Marquesan art of tattoo, called Patutiki. He got his first tattoo, designed by his cousin, when he was 14 years old. Since then, his journey to reclaim the traditional symbols and their placement on the body has been written on his skin. The journey is also represented…
Stories are made to be shared, and today I am proud to share my first series of documentary films with you. “Meet the Marquesas” is here! These four short episodes focus on people we met in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia in 2018 and 2019. Our three-person team used a method I have come…